Gal Gadot Varsano (Hebrew: גל גדות‎, ; born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli actress, model and film producer. At age 18, she...

Gal Gadot Varsano (Hebrew: גל גדות‎, [ˈɡal ɡaˈdot]; born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli actress, model and film producer. At age 18, she was crowned Miss Israel 2004. She then served two years in the Israel Defense Forces as a combat instructor, and began studying law and international relations at IDC Herzliya college while building up her modeling and acting careers.

Gadot’s first film role came as Gisele Yashar in Fast & Furious, a role she reprised in subsequent instalments of the film franchise. She went on to earn worldwide fame for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), followed by the solo film Wonder Woman and the ensemble Justice League (both 2017). In 2018, Gadot was included on Time’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

After Gadot had completed her first year of college, a casting director contacted her agent to have Gadot audition for the part of Bond girl Camille Montes in the spy film Quantum of Solace. Although the part eluded her, a few months later, Gadot starred in the 2008 Israeli drama Bubot. Three months later, the casting director from her Quantum of Solace audition cast Gadot for the role of Gisele Yashar in the action film Fast & Furious, the fourth film in The Fast and the Furious franchise, having earned the role over six other actresses. Gadot performed her own stuntwork in those films.

In 2010, she had small roles in the action-comedy Date Night and the action-adventure comedy Knight and Day. 2011 brought her back to The Fast and the Furious franchise, reprising her role as Gisele in Fast Five, and in 2013’s Fast & Furious 6.

Gadot portrayed Wonder Woman in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Gadot received swordsmanship, Kung Fu, kickboxing, capoeira and Brazilian jiu-jitsu training in preparation for the role. Gadot’s performance as the superhero, which was the character’s first appearance in film, was hailed as one of the best parts of the film.

Gadot married Israeli real estate developer Yaron Varsano in 2008. They have two daughters. Until 2015, Gadot and her husband owned a boutique hotel in Tel Aviv, which she says she helped to run. They sold their hotel to Roman Abramovich in 2015 for $26 million.